Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement

By Margaret Earley Whitt,

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During the civil rights era, masses of people marched in the streets, boycotted stores, and registered to vote. Others challenged racism in ways more solitary but no less life changing. These twenty-three stories give a voice to the nameless, ordinary citizens without whom the movement would have failed. From bloody…

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1 author picked Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is the authoritative anthology of short stories that reflect on the Civil Rights Movement. Arranged in sections that highlight aspects of the movement, the stories by some of America’s best fiction writers, range from the thought-proving to the gut-wrenching. Among my favorites are Eudora Welty’s “Where Is the Voice Coming From?” and James Baldwin’s “Going to Meet the Man.”

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